Henk started in 1979 as a deck boy and worked his way up to the rank of Ship’s Master, which he has now been for 20 years.
Since 2020, he has worked as a deep-sea pilot (for the North Sea area including English Channel and Dover Strait) and as a Ship’s Master for Redwise in Huizen, Netherlands.
He is also a council member and delegate of Nautilus Internationals and Chair of the Dutch Oversea pilot association (Vereniging Overzeese loodsen, VOL)